Alcohol is suspected in a one-vehicle accident about 4:30 Saturday afternoon east of Mitchell that killed the lone occupant.

Scotts Bluff County Sheriff’s officials say they are expecting driver error and alcohol to be listed as factors in the death of 45-year-old Jose Louis Garcia of Mitchell.

The Sheriff’s Office says Garcia was eastbound on a county road about a mile and a half east of Mitchell when he lost control of his full-size pickup.

It went went off the road and Garcia over-corrected, sending the back onto the road, but it went off the pavement again, struck a utility pole, and landed on its top. Garcia, who remained inside during the rollover despite not wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Responding to the accident along with the Sheriff’s Department were the Mitchell Police and Volunteer Fire Departments, Valley Ambulance, and city of Scottsbluff Fire Department.